El Outsourcing in university libraries: the approval plan and its impact on collections management
Abstract
The application of outsourcing in the library field is a controversial issue, which has caused many questions among those responsible for library management. In order to focus the discussion on the core aspects of this phenomenon, of scarce disclosure among Spanish-speaking professionals, this article aims to make a synthetic state of the matter about it from the perspective of the management of collections in University libraries is examined. Using bibliographic review as a method, the evolution of collections management is contextualized, followed by the origin and development of outsourcing in general and particularly in libraries. Subsequently, the so-called approval plan, an outsourcing modality that arose in the United States in the 1960s, its advantages and implementation risks are analyzed. Finally, brief considerations are presented on the perspectives of its use by different types of libraries.
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